Fast track programme is due for completion in June 2016
Saudi Aramco now plans to award the contracts to build 11 new sports stadiums across the kingdom on 20 November. It had been planning to let the construction deals on 10 November.
The contracts will be remeasureable with a cost plus element. Early estimates indicated that each stadium will cost at least $400m to build, meaning the overall programme will cost about $5bn to deliver.
The 18-month deals will be due for completion in June 2016.
Aramco received bids on 26 October. Nine contracting groups were invited to submit bids, with a select list for each stadium.
Contractors invited to bid:
Medina
- El-Seif Engineering & Contracting (local)/Bam (Netherlands)
- Nesma & Partners (local)/Salini Impregilo (Italy)
- Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) (local)/Eiffage (France)
Qassim
- El-Seif Engineering & Contracting/Bam
- SBG/Eiffage
- Nesma & Partners/Salini Impregilo
Dammam
- Nasser al-Hajri (local)/Vinci(France)
- Bouygues (France)/Almabani (local)/Al-Rushaid Construction Company (local)
- Al-Muhaideb Trading & Contracting (local)/Six Construct (Belgium)
Asir
- Vinci/Nasser al-Hajiri
- Baytur (Turkey)/Clark Construction (US)
- Besix/Al-Muhaideb Trading & Contracting
Tabuk
- SBG/Eiffage
- Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) (Athens-based)/Strabag (Austria)
- Samsung C&T (South Korea)/Azmeel Contracting (local)
Hail
- CCC/Strabag
- Baytur/Clark Construction
- Nesma & Partners/Salini Impregilo
Arar
- SBG/Eiffage
- CCC/Strabag
- Bouygues/Al-Rushaid Construction Company/Almabani (local)
- Baytur/Clark Construction
Jizan
- Vinci/Nasser al-Hajiri
- Bouygues/Al-Rushaid Construction Company/Almabani
- Nesma & Partners/Salini Impregilo
- Sixco/Al-Muhaideb Trading & Contracting
Najran
- El-Seif Engineering & Contracting/Bam
- SBG/Eiffage
- CCC/Strabag
- Samsung C&T/Azmeel Contracting
Baha
- CCC/Strabag
- Samsung C&T/Azmeel Contracting
- Vinci/Nasser al-Hajiri
Al-Jouf
- El-Seif Engineering & Contracting/Bam
- SBG/Eiffage
- CCC/Strabag
- Bouygues/Al-Rushaid Construction Company/Almabani
- Nesma & Partners/ Salini Impregilo
Aramco is currently evaluating bids from project management firms and an award is expected by the end of November.
Project management bidders are understood to include:
- Dar al-Handasah (Lebanon)
- Faithful & Gould (UK)
- Hill International (US)
- Jacobs(US)
- SNC Lavalin (Canada)
- WorleyParsons(Australia)
Aramco is building the stadiums as part of a King Abdullah Programme to improve sports facilities in the kingdom.
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